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Loveland police investigate reported kidnapping attempt

By Jessica Maher Reporter-Herald Staff Writer

Posted:
05/07/2013 05:24:38 PM MDT

LOVELAND -- Police are seeking information on a van and witnesses to a reported kidnapping attempt on Monday afternoon.

According to Loveland police spokesman Sgt. Mike Halloran, a 12-year-old girl was biking home from Lucile Erwin Middle School around 3:30 p.m., when, in the area of 43rd Street and Georgetown Drive, a delivery-style van slowed down next to her.

The two men inside repeatedly told her to get inside the vehicle, the girl told police.

It's unclear which direction the van was driving, but the girl reported that the van was white over blue with a yellow emblem on the side.

The girl reportedly crashed on her bike nearby in the process of fleeing from the van. When a teenage white male wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses came to help her, the van took off.

The girl was uninjured and biked home and reported the incident immediately to her father, who then notified police.

Police are interested in speaking to anyone who has information on the van and would also like to speak with anyone who was in the area at the time, including the Good Samaritan who assisted the girl.

"He may have seen something that she didn't see," Halloran said.

The girl told police that both suspects in the van were both between 30 and 40 years old. The driver was described as Hispanic with short black hair and the girl described the passenger as a white male with brown, shaggy hair and a mustache. The passenger was reportedly wearing a white tank top and had a large tattoo on his upper arm.

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The incident remains under investigation.

Thompson School District Mike Hausmann said Tuesday that the district is aware of the investigation and working with the police. On Tuesday evening, email notifications about the incident were distributed to parents and staff of Lucile Erwin, Ponderosa Elementary School and Loveland High School -- a wide net to cover the immediate area as well as to help track down the teenage boy, Hausmann said.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Detective Eric Roberts at 962-2032.